Self-guided Video Tours (3-5 minutes each)
1. The Osage
How the Osage impacted what is now modern-day Southeast Kansas.
Additional recommended references:
Kansas Historical Society - Osage
2. The Osage Trails
The importance of the Osage Trails in developing Southeast Kansas
3. Missionaries and the Osage
A look at the close bond of the Jesuit missionaries and the Osage.
4. Communities Form
A time-lapse look at towns that were born, flourished, and disappeared near Oak Grove School.
5. The Railroads Arrive
How the railroads impacted us and helped to form Southeast Kansas.
6. Schooling Comes to Kansas
A quick history of how formal education got is start in America, and how it impacted Kansas.
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